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...Ya!” gets my vote for “Most Equal Pop Song” of the year. It’s tricky to pinpoint exactly what it is that makes the song so catchy—the magic is hidden somewhere between the corny backbeat, those southern handclaps and Andre’s delirious vocal fills and grunts. “Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor” may be the best breakdown line yet created. Somewhere, James Brown’s hair is going kinky with jealousy. Even a snob can?...
...ya?” I pretended to care...
Alex: “See ya!” (Aside: “Wouldn’t want to be ya...
André’s all over the map, singing like Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix or Billie Holiday when it suits his fancy. The masterpiece of his genre-bending adventure is “Hey Ya!” The hook is sticky sweet, with André crooning over an immaculate loop—hand claps, nylon guitar strings and xylophone synths...
...does occasionally hit the mark: The first single “Hey Ya!”, more seductive than distilled ambrosia, reads like a psychedelic, post-hip-hop take on “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” While much has been made of André’s exhortation to “Shake it like a Polaroid picture,” the neglected “Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!” passage displays much more subtlety...